Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Gleann Fán, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gleann Fán
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.10901, -10.43690
- SMR number
- KE052-081001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A pair of conjoined drystone-built structures located in open mountain terrain on the SE slopes of the Beennacouma/Mount Eagle ridge. A roughly circular foundation with a small niche at W. D: 2.6 to 2m. This structure abuts the E side of the 2nd structure which is defined by an arc of walling built against the SE side of a large rock outcrop. Lintelled entrance, .55m high x .8m wide, at ESE. D: 3 x 2.5m. H: 1.75m. T: 1m. A recess in the wall at SW measures 1.5 x 1.1m x .8m high.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1302. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 5 August 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.